Display-lid.



P. A. BECKER.

DISPLAY LID. APPLICATION FILED Dsc. I6. IsIs.

1,185,165. Patented May30,1916..

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DISPLAY-LID'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1916.

Application led December 16, 1913. Serial No. 807,033.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHiLIP A. BECKER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough ofBrooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Display-Lids, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specication.

This invention relates to a class of devices adapted to be used inconjunction with boxes, or the like.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a display lid, ordevice designed to be movably applied upon the open top of the body of abox, or other container having a lid hinged thereto, or which may nothave a lid, whereby cigars and other tobacco productsV as well as.merchandise may be exhibited for sale to avoid being damaged by dust,or subjected to the drying action of the air which tend to impair theproducts by extracting the natural moisture therefrom. This isaccomplished mainly by providing a plate of glass, or other transparentmaterial which is applied upon the open top of the body of the box in amanner to adapt it to be hingedly swung to open `or `closed positionsthereupon.

A' further object of the invention is to provide a `holder adapted to bedetachably applied upon the lid of the box, and which is formed with twospaced ears, or lugs havingv apertures for removably receiving the pinsof the transparent plate to permit the plate to be attached to the boxlid 1nstead of the pins being inserted in the box, whereby the plate maybe swung to open, or closed positions on the body of the box by movingthe box lid accordingly.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawingforming a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out 1nthe claims at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box with one form ofdisplay lid embodying my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan, partly broken away, of the form yofdisplay lid shown in Fig. 1. 'Fig 3 is a fragmentary perspective view,partly broken away, showing the display lid as applied toa box, and theform of holder employed in conjunction therewith for permitting thedisplay lid to be detachr will be receivedin the holes 2,8 thereof.-l Inably fastened to the lid of the box.

The device, or display lid has a substantially rectangular plate ofglass,` or other transparent material, as 10, which is cut in a sizesuitable to fit snugly, but be freely movable between the upperextending edges of the side walls 11 and 12 of the body 13 of a boxadapted to contain cigars, orother tobacco products, or any kind ofmerchandise, whereby the goods may be prevented from being damaged bythe collection of dust, or the action of air, or said transparent platemay be cut in a size so as to rest upon the upper edges of all of thewalls of the box, instead of between the side walls thereof, and the boxmay be provided with a lid 111 hinged to the back wall of the box. j

The transparent plate 10 may be inclosed in the usual, or any preferredform of frame, as l5, in order to prevent the plate from being easilybroken as well as serving as a means to secure to the plate twostationary pointed pins, as 16 and 17, or these pins may be held againstdisplacement to the plate in any other desired manner. The pins 16 and17 are provided upon the frame 15 so las to extend in'opposite lateraldirections from the ends of one of the edges of the frame,

and both of the pins have pointed free ends,

and extending from the front edge of the frame 15 is a lug 20 adapted tobe gripped between the lingers of a person for manually ioving the lidtok and from the body ofthe Serving to allow a detachable sign to beused. in conjunction with the display llid and also to permit thedisplay lid to be removably held to the lid of the boxinstead of to thebody thereof, I provide a form of holder, as 23. The holder 23 has astrip 24 of metal, or other pliable material adapted to be disposedtransversely of the lower part of the lid, and on this strip may beinscribed a suitable sign, as 24a. Extendingat an angle from the lowerlongitudinal edge of the strip 24: is a metal flange 25 having freeend'portions which are bent upwardly to provide ears, or lugs 26 and 27,each` of which has a hole 28 therethrough. To pivotally connect thedisplay lid to the holder 23 the ears 26 and 27 are bent in oppositelateral directions with respect to the flange 25, and v this manner thedisplay lid will be pivoted to the holder, and the flange 25 will serveto support the frame of the transparent plate. In order to permit theholder 23 to be detachably applied to the lid of a box, on one end ofthe strip 24 is an integral sleeve 29 which is formed by bending thisend portion of the sleeve in substantially an L- shape so that the freeend part thereof is spaced from the strip whereby the sleeve may admitan edge of' the box lid. On the other end of the strip 24 is an integralclip 30 which is formed by bending this end part of' the strip at aright angle, and then curving the free edge of' the bent part to providea vertically disposed bead 31 which is spaced from the strip. When theholder 23 with the display lid attached thereto is applied to the lid ofthe box the strip 24 is positioned so that one of the side edges of thebox lid will be seated in the. sleeve 29, and the strip is then disposedcrosswise of the lid. By the exertion of' slight pressure the oppositeside edge of the lid is forced between the bead 3l and the strip 24 forholding the lid in the yclip 30. The holder 23 will thereby bedetaehably held upon the box lid so that when the lid is swung indirections to and from the body of the box the transparent plate and'its frame will be accordingly opened or closed upon the open top of thebody of the box.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myselfthereto, as I am aware that modilications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis invention, therefore I reserve yto myself the right to make suchchanges as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I-Iaving ythus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent D :to which the l'pins are removably pivoted,said holder being adapted to be detachably held `upon the lid of thebox, and the said 'holder supporting the plate in a manner whereby thetransparent plate will be swung to vopen and closed vpositions on thebody of the box when the lid is moved accordingly.

2. In a display lid of the character described, a transparent plateinclosed in a substantially rectangular frame, and adapted tol bedisposed on the open top of the body of a box having a'lidhinged'thereto, two vpins extending in opposite lateral directions fromthe ends of one edge of the frame, and a holder to which the pins areremovably pivoted, said holder being adapted to be detachably appliedupon the lid of the box. and the said holder supporting the plate in amanner whereby the transparent plate will be swung to open and closedpositions upon the body of the box when the lid is moved accordingly.

8. In a display lid of the character described, a substantiallyrectangular transparent plate adapted to be disposed on the open top ofthe body of a box having a lid hinged thereto, two pins extending inopposite lateral directions from the ends of one edge of the plate,means securing the pins to the transparent plate, a holder adapted to bedetachably held upon the lid of the box, and two spaced ears provided onthe holder, and each having a hole therein through which one of the pinsof the plate is removably inserted, and said holder having a flangesupporting the plate in a manner whereby the transparent plate will beswung to open or closed positions on the body of the box when the lid ismoved accordingly.

il. In a display lid of the character described, a substantiallyrectangular transparent plate adapted to be disposed on the open top ofthe body of a box having a lid hinged thereto, two pins extending inopposite lateral directions from the ends of one edge of the plate,means securing the pins to the transparent plate, a holder adapted to bedetachably applied upon the lid of the box, means removably pivoting thepins to the holder, and a flange provided on the holder, and supportingthe plate in a manner whereby the transparent plate will be swung toopen and closed positions upon the body of the box when the lid is movedaccordingly.

5. In a display lid of the character described, a substantiallyrectangular transparentplate adapted to be disposed on the open top ofthe body of a. box having a lid hinged thereto, two pins extending inopposite lateral directions from the ends of one edge of' the plate,means securing the pins Vto the transparent plate, a strip to which thepins are removably pivoted, said strip adapted to bedisposed'transversely of the lid ofthe box to permit a sign to bedisplayed thereon, a sleeve provided on one endof the strip, a clipprovided on the other end of the strip, said sleeve and clip serving topermit the strip to be detachably held to the lid of the box, and meansprovided upon `the strip, and serving to removably hold the pins to thestrip, whereby the transparent plate will be swung to open or closedpositions on the body of the box when the lid is moved accordingly.

6. In a display lid of the character described, a substantiallyrectangular transparent plate adapted to be disposed on the open top ofthe body of a box having a lid hinged thereto, two pins extending inopposite lateral directions from the ends of one edge of the plate,means securing the pins to the transparent plate, a strip adapted to bedisposed transversely of the lid of a box to permit a sign to bedisplayed thereon, a flange provided on the lower edge of the strip, andsupporting the transparent plate, two ears, one provided on each end ofthe iange, and each ear having a hole therein in which is inserted oneof the pins of the plate for pivotally connecting the strip to theplate, and means provided on the strip for permitting said strip to bedetachably held to the lid of the box, whereby the transparent platewill be swung to open or closed positions on the body of the box whenthe lid is moved accordingly.

7. A display lid of the class described, comprising a transparent plateadapted to be disposed upon the open top of the body of a box having alid hinged thereto, a holder to which said plate is pivoted and means onthe holder to removably attach the same to the lid of the box byfrictional e11-` gagement with one edge of the box lid at right anglesto the faces of the box lid.

l8. In a display lid of the character described, a transparent plateadapted to be disposed upon the open top of the body of a box having ahinged lid, a frame for said plate,I aholder having an end rebent toform a' sleeve to engage one edge of the box lid and the other endcurled to form a bead to frictionally engage over the other edge of thebox lid, and pins projecting from the opposite sides of the frame nearthe rear edge thereof to pivotally support the plate on the holder.

This specification signed and witnessed this fifteenth day of DecemberA. D. 1913.

PHILIP A. BECKER.

Witnesses:

ROBT. B. ABBOTT, M. DERMODY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve' cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of ltents,

` Washington, D. C.

